A Terrifying Turn of Events at a Party - July 24 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.9	There's something incredibly exciting about your first teenage party.
0:19.3	But what if the simple decision to attend a fun evening out with friends
0:23.4	ends up being the one that cost you your life?
0:27.6	On July 24, 1975, a young woman was born who would make that decision,
0:33.2	one that should have only brought her joy,
0:35.8	and instead saw a horrific night that ended only when her life did.
0:41.8	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:49.7	Lee Lee, born July 24, 1975, as Lee Renia Mears, was the daughter of Robin Lynn Moncel and Robert William Mears.
1:01.2	Living with her grandmother between the ages of four to seven for undisclosed reasons,
1:05.8	when Lee's parents divorced at the age of seven, she moved back in with her mother after her sister was born in
1:11.6	1983, and her last name was changed to Lee to match her sister's father. By the year 1989,
1:19.4	when our story takes place, Lee was living with her sister, mother, and stepfather Brad Sherman
1:25.5	in Fern Bay, where they had been for the last nine months
1:30.0	and was in year eight at Newcastle High School.
1:34.6	Lee enjoyed school tremendously, with Newcastle being the third primary school she attended,
1:40.2	and she liked to spend her weekends and holidays in Killebin Bay with her grandmother or with her cousin Tracy, who she considered her best friend.
1:49.2	Everything was pretty normal for Lee during this time period of her life.
1:52.9	She went to the movies, roller skated, hung out with her loved ones, and had dreams of becoming a veterinarian when she grew up.
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